“The shaming of victims as stupid, as clearly to blame for their assaults is systemic and…”

“It is never nothing to be alive and on this planet and able to make words. It is never…”

“But you don’t know what you can do until you try it. And trying is the reason you’re here.”

“The first yes, though, is the one you tell yourself. That one’s huge. It’s when you say, I…”